{
  "alert_number": "0235/10",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0235-10",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-16527",
  "safety_gate_published": "2010-02-18",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2010,
    "week": 7,
    "date": "2010-02-19"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Leaf blower - \"Mighty Lite\" backpack leaf blower",
  "brand_as_notified": "Homelite",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Homelite",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/homelite"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "HBL26BP",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "The product is sold under the Homelite brand. It is a blower, fitted with a 26 cc engine, used to move leaves and other garden waste. The product is mounted on a frame that is worn on the user's back, hence the name “backpack blower”.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Burns, Fire",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of burns and fire because the fuel tank may leak. This leak may be the result of a small crack liable to develop in the tank reinforcement, into which a screw for fastening the tank to the central fastening support of the backpack blower fits. The crack may cause fuel to leak from the tank onto the operator's clothes and body. The fuel may also leak onto the floor of the premises where the product is stored.The product does not comply with the Machinery Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary recall from consumers by the distributor",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the distributor.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "France",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "HBL26BP"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}